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Comparison of the virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori isolated in stomach and saliva in Iran.
The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 Nov 2010
Momtaz Hassan, Souod Negar, Dabiri Hossein
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INTRODUCTION: Helicobacter pylori is a microaerophilic, spiral-shaped motile bacterium that is strongly associated with gastroduodenal diseases, but recently, dental plaque and saliva have been implicated as possible sources of H pylori infection. Two virulence factors that are expressed by the alleles of the cytotoxin genes, cagA and vacA, have been identified. The aim of this study was to compare cagA and vacA...
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